Truly the case where the “medium is the message”.
They(evil ones) have done their best to make cell phones necessary.
At least if you are still working.
And to some degree travel a great deal.
Otherwise,you still don’t NEED them.
I know...and have met..quite a few people who do not have a smart phone.
But there is know denying they are here to stay.
It has helped mask the bad side of slave labor. I wonder when the Apple slaves will receive reparations and who will pay it.
Well, all I know is, it works. I had two android phones, and had I didnāt care for them.
My wife doesnāt like iPhones, sheās not comfortable with the operating system.
She would rather have an Android system, and I was never comfortable with that.
I donāt like Appleās politics, but doggone it, they make darn good phones.
And even the Android phones out there today seem to be pretty good.
How far can they go with these things? How far can this tech advance?
As far as social media goes, I do have a Twitter account, but I almost never post on it, itās just for information purposes.
I wonāt go near Facebook with a 20ft. pole.
My social media is right here on FreeRepublicšš
Rd later.
“Is.the iphone boon or bane?”
It’s not the iPhone, though the line of iPhones are good products that were expertly promoted.
The change in the way we communicate comes from the wireless and wired networks that supports these personal devices.
Another major cause of the change in our means of personal communication is the cheapness of the electronic components within the network and the the consumer-level devices.
You can throw in the low power consumption of the electronic guts within the portable devices.
A particular component that needs to be highlighted is the beautiful high-resolution color display.
I’m still using an iPhone 8+ because I do not want to give up TouchID (fingerprint reader). Every rumor of fingerprint reading through the screen ends up false. Kudos to Apple for still supporting that old phone.
I was forced to get a smart phone because my 3G regular phone was being interfered with by someone’s network booster in the area. I never wanted a smart phone, but was told that in order to get rid of the interference, I needed to move to 4G. I bought the cheapest iPhone I could find. I got the iPhone because I’ve only used Apple computers. I’ve hated the phone since I got it. It’s not just because it’s an iPhone. I would have hated any smart phone I had to get. My 3G phone gave me four bars consistently. Once I got the iPhone, I was lucky if I got 1 bar. After having my calls dropped repeatedly from inside my apartment, I called Verizon, and they sent me a $250 network booster for free. I don’t use the phone for anything other than calls, and the occasional text message. I’ve had this phone for about 8 or 9 years now, and will never buy another smart phone of any kind.
Prior to the iPhone the kids and I loved going to the lively college part of town on Friday nights to eat then hang out and people watch and strike up conversations with random persons. The background noise was people talking punctuated with occasional shouts of people recognizing each other from across the street.
We quit going there after 2010 when the once lively place became full of phone zombies. The background noise changed to cars driving down the street. It was dead. Sad to see that aspect of society gone.